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Prayer to Neptunus

Neptunus
O Neptune, who reigns over the realm of wandering waves, Bearer of the Trident, come to our aid, I pray, and undo her father's savagery. Neptune, grant her a safe haven, or else allow her to become a place herself, to live forever as one of Your nymphs.
Fons · Source
AuthorOvid
WorkMetamorphoses
Section8.595-602
PeriodAugustan
Classificatio · Taxonomy
Cultureroman
Formliterary
DeitiesNeptunus
Functionspetition · invocation
Spherepersonal · navigation